How your home gets built.

1. Walk the land

   1 to 2 weeks

   You walk your lot with your builder and, if you have one, your architect. Views, sun, slope, snow load, water and access all get measured. You leave with a plain answer: what this land can hold, and roughly what it costs to build on it.

2. Design and one fixed price

   8 to 12 weeks

   Your architect draws the home. Every stone, beam, window and finish is named in writing. Allowances come from real quotes from the trades who will do the work. You get one price, and it does not move unless you change the plans.

3. Permits and site work

   6 to 10 weeks

   Permits are filed. The lot is cleared, graded and staked. Your schedule gets a date for every stage, and you can see it online.

4. The build

   10 to 14 months

   Foundation, frame, roof, stone, glass and finish. One project lead runs your build and answers your calls. Every Friday you get a written update with photos. The budget is online, line by line, every week.

5. Walkthrough and keys

   2 weeks

   You walk every room with your project lead and list anything that is not right. Each item is fixed before you move in. For a full year after, one call gets anything else fixed.

Four promises, in your contract.

• One fixed budget

  Your price is set before ground breaks. It changes only when you change the plans, and you see the new number before you say yes.

• A date for every stage

  You know when the frame goes up, when the glass goes in and when you get the keys. If a date moves, you hear why the same day.

• One person who answers

  Your project lead takes your calls from the first walk to the last fix. A written update with photos lands every Friday.

• Every material in writing

  Each stone, beam and window is named before you sign. Nothing is swapped for something cheaper without your yes.